Oakland County Prescription Relief for low income individuals with no prescription coverage, if you make less than $19000 a year or $31000 per family. $8.00 per prescription. Call 866-378-4686. www.prescriptionrelief.org

Retail Store Pharmacies, Meijer's, Kroger, Target, CVS and Wal-Mart offer some generic prescriptions for $4.00 for a one month supply. K-Mart offers some prescriptions for $5.00. Contact the stores for a list of medications offered. Meijer offers some antibiotics for FREE.

CLINICS & PROGRAMS (Call first to verify that you are eligible and to find out what is offered.)

Project Chessed, for uninsured members of the Jewish community, call 248-592-2300,

Mt Clemens General Mobile Outreach Clinic, Call for day and time 1-800-799-7178

Medicaid, You must be financially needy and aged, blind, disabled or a family with dependent children to qualify. Call Michigan Family Independence Agency at 248-583-8700 for Oakland county.

Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, For those on Medicare with low income, this pays your Medicare premium of $88.50, and it pays deductibles and coinsurance. Call Michigan Dept of Human Services at 248-583-8700 for Oakland County.

University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry, Routine and complex care, at about 50% of what private dentists charge. Call 313-494-6700

The Lions Club for Eyeglasses: they may pay for eyeglasses for low income people. In Royal Oak call 248-549-2504, or on the web, go to www.royaloaklionsclub.org. For other Lions Clubs in southeast Michigan call 248-975-6072

Vision USA provides basic eye health and vision care services free to many uninsured low-income people and their families. On the internet go to www.aoa.org/visionusa or call 1-800-766-4466

Seniors Eye Care age 65 and over, have not seen an ophthalmologist in 3 years, and do not have insurance, they offer an eye exam and treatment. 1-800-222-3937 or go to www.eyecareamerica.org

Hearing Aids from the Lions Club for low income people, call 888-542-6424 or go to www.lhcmi.org